Should poor kids 'work' for their lunches?

[kryonlight]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/ray-canterbury-school-lunches_n_3141238.html

A West Virginia lawmaker floated the idea during floor debate in the state's House of Delegates of having school children work as janitors, the Associated Press reports.

The West Virginia House recently passed a school lunch bill on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis, by a vote of 89-9, according to the Associated Press. The Feed to Achieve Act would establish nonprofits to solicit private donations to go toward providing every child with a breakfast and lunch at no cost.

But one Republican suggested that was a misguided notion.

"I think it would be a good idea if perhaps we had the kids work for their lunches: trash to be taken out, hallways to be swept, lawns to be mowed, make them earn it," Del. Ray Canterbury (R-Greenbrier) said during floor debate. "If they miss a lunch or they miss a meal they might not, in that class that afternoon, learn to add, they may not learn to diagram a sentence, but they'll learn a more important lesson."

Canterbury argued that providing students with free lunches would destroy their work ethic and show them "there's an easy way," the Charleston Gazette reported.

 

[jw5]

Doing a little work never hurt a kid.
Kids these days are getting to be spoilt brats, and you would be surprised how many kids or young adults can't even do simple household tasks.
But not to the extent of making them work, otherwise they can't eat.
Let them do the work as part of a team effort to keep the school clean and encourage their parents to make them do housework too.
In SG definitely needed, the kids these days are really spoilt brats, due to parents indulging them.

Including manipulative kaypohchee parents like Scroobye.

 

[laksaboy]

It had to be a Republican eh? He must be a fanboy of Margaret Thatcher.

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

This is not the right way to do it. The school will simply be seen as exploiting kids for cheap labour under the guise of helping them mature. If I was the school admin and I wanted to hire a few less janitors to save costs, this would actually be the first idea that would come to me.